Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, 3DMark05

By combining DirectX8 support with completely new
graphics, 3DMark2001 SE continues to provide good overall system benchmarks.
3DMark2001SE has been created in cooperation with the major 3D accelerator and
processor manufacturers to provide a reliable set of diagnostic tools. The suite
demonstrates 3D gaming performance by using real-world gaming technology to test
a system's true performance abilities. Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders,
Pixel Shaders and Point Sprites, DOT3 and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping,
support for Full Scene Anti-aliasing and Texture Compression and two game tests
using real-time physics.

3DMark2001SE:

Videocards:

Points

Ranking

Asus AX800XT

21318

MSI RX800XT-VTD256E

23221

ATi Radeon 9800XT

19073

ATi Radeon 9800 Pro

18762

ATi Radeon 9700 Pro

17430

Gigabyte GV-RX70P256V

18958

Asus EAX9600XT/TVD/128

13604

Gigabyte GV-RX60X128V

14570

Albatron GeForce 6800GT

19288

Asus V9999 Gamer Edition

18455

Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D

17801

Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP

17405

MSI FX5950 Ultra-TVD256

17582

MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra

17274

Albatron GeForce PC6600

14269

Albatron Trinity PCX 5900

15087

Albatron GeForceFX 5700 Ultra

15165

MSI PCX5750-TD128

12247

MSI NX6600GT-VTD128

17225

MSI NX6600GT-VTD128 (581/1085)

18101

We see here that the MSI
NX6600GT-VTD128 scores nicely in 3DMark and when overclocked can even break the
18k mark! The card's results were a hair below those of the other 6600 GT cards
in our roundup, but nothing to fuss over. Overclocking gave a minor performance
boost.

3DMark05
is the latest version of the highly favoured 3DMark graphics benchmarking
series. It is the first benchmark to require DirectX®9.0 compliant hardware with
support for Pixel Shader 2.0 or higher!

3DMark05

Overall:

3DMarks

Ranking

MSI RX800XT-VTD256E

5228

Gigabyte GV-RX70P256V

2996

Gigabyte GV-NX66T128D

3102

Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP

3102

Albatron GeForce PC6600

1612

MSI NX6600GT-VTD128

3028

MSI NX6600GT-VTD128

3517

The MSI
NX6600GT-VTD128 scores are in line with what we would expect when compared to
the Albatron 6600GT. As we've seen with this benchmark before, core and memory
speeds make a huge difference, so overclocking provides major dividends.